News for hackers. Stuff that matters.
Re:Thinking About Recipe Formats More Than Anyone Should by account42 on Wednesday November 13, 2024 @05:59AM (#42124955)
You also often have ingredients or intermediate products that are used in more than one step so a tree is not ideal. You could duplicate those ingredients/intermediates but that would not be helpful.

And for more complex meals, time planning becomes more important so that everything is ready to serve together.

Re:Thinking About Recipe Formats More Than Anyone Should by stevage on Wednesday November 13, 2024 @06:14AM (#42125013)
To be honest, I kind of prefer when a recipe treats duplicate ingredients as completely separate. Rather than that "use 300g of the butter here, use the rest here" approach which is harder to follow.
Re:Thinking About Recipe Formats More Than Anyone Should by yencabulator on Wednesday November 13, 2024 @12:04PM (#42127821)
That works well for a basic off-the-shelf ingredient, but what if you needed a complex dressing/sauce/broth/marinade/spice mix that was later used in multiple combinations. You'd want to make that all in one batch.